AICGS Advisor - November 30, 2007

Analysis

On November 15, 2007, AICGS was pleased to hold its thirteenth annual Global Leadership Award Dinner, honoring Dr. Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Managing Board and the Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank AG. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt presented Dr. Ackermann with the award, highlighting a superb evening. Additionally, Dr. Stephen Brockmann of Carnegie Mellon University was presented with this year's DAAD Prize in German and European Studies in the Humanities at the dinner.
To read Dr. Ackermann's remarks, please click here (PDF).
To read Deputy Secretary Kimmitt's remarks, please click here (PDF).
To view some pictures of the event, please click here.

AICGS's founding director Robert Gerald Livingston recently profiled former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and current Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt, whose transatlantic career spans several decades, in The Atlantic Times. In addition to the profile, Mr. Livingston also interviewed Deputy Secretary Kimmitt; these articles originally appeared in the November 2007 edition of The Atlantic Times.
To read this article, please click here.
To read the text of the interview, please click here.

Elmar Sulk, Senior Strategist at Lincoln Park PR and a former staffer in the Bundestag, analyzes what former Vice Chancellor Franz Müntefering's resignation means for the grand coalition and how this development will affect the 2009 elections.
To read this essay, please click here.

Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel, Vice President of DePaul University and a member of the AICGS Senior Advisory Council, ponders the new 'German question' and advocates looking back at the history surrounding unification to avoid a "sin of historical omission."
To read this essay, please click here.

As evidenced by the recent meeting between President Bush and Chancellor Merkel in Crawford, Texas, German-American relations have returned to solid footing. Dr. Colette Mazzucelli, Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Political Science at Molloy College, argues, however, that a single issue could possibly upset that positivity: the continued implementation of missile defense in Europe.
To read this essay, please click here.

Jennifer Hunt, professor in the Department of Economics at McGill University and a member of the AICGS Senior Advisory Council, examines the grand coalition's recent agreement-in-principle on the extension of the duration of unemployment insurance for the older unemployed in Germany and argues that it will lead to a step backwards for Germany's economy.
To read this article, please click here.

In Issue Brief 18, "Lost in Translation: The Impact of Culture on the Media in the United States and Germany," AICGS Research Program Associate Kirsten Verclas discusses how cultural and historical underpinnings impact the media on both sides of the Atlantic. This Issue Brief is the result of an AICGS project on media and culture that was sponsored by The German Marshall Fund of the United States.
To access this Issue Brief, please click here (PDF).

Upcoming Events

On Friday, December 14, 2007, AICGS will host a workshop on "Government and Faith-based Initiatives: A German-American Comparison." The meeting is part of an initiative titled "Religion In Politics: The Impact of Culture and Religion on Public Policy Debates" that builds on a German-American dialogue regarding religion and politics launched in 2005.
To RSVP and for more information, please click here.

Announcements

AICGS is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the DAAD/AICGS Fellowship program, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).  The deadline for Fall 2008 (July 2008-December 2008) is February 28, 2008.
For application instructions and more information, please click here.

AICGS is pleased to introduce the newest member of its Board of Trustees, Mr. Alan Fleischmann. Mr. Fleischmann is currently the managing director of the ImagineNations Group and brings years of international experience to the Board.
For a short biography of Mr. Fleischmann, please click here.

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